Zondervan 2007 RRP $20.99 Reviewed by Wendy Scott. The authors are both lecturers in youth ministry at Fuller Theological College in the US, and experienced in practical youth ministry. Deep Justice in a Broken World advances the view that most youth and church outreach work is superficial, making the worker feel righteous while further oppressing those on the receiving end. ...

RRP: $24.95 Grandview Records Sydney 2012 Reviewed by Wendy Scott. Redruth is a boy band with three members in their mid-twenties: Stephen Heffernan (vocals, guitar, keys) Keith Heffernan (bass, vocals) and Gill Van Mastrigt (drums). Origins is their latest CD and was released in December 2012. The most important thing with this band is the lyrics. Each song covers a ...

The recent purchase of flooded rice fields in Battanbang, Cambodia is the answer to prayer for missionaries Stuart and Joanna Herschell-Adair from Newlife Uniting Church on the Gold Coast. The five hectares of monsoon-inundated land will become the new base for a Youth with a Mission (YWAM) training initiative currently operating in several locations in the city of Battanbang. Youth ...

Ashmore Uniting Church is in the heart of the Gold Coast. The congregation has experienced an 80 per cent turnover in membership in the past seven years, and continues to expand. Tara Burton spoke to minister Bradley Foote. Who makes up your congregation? We are a wonderful eclectic mix of people covering more than 16 nationalities. The congregation has grown ...

UnitingCare has welcomed a modest increase to income support payments, but hopes that more is coming in the 2013 budget. UnitingCare Australia National Director Lin Hatfield Dodds says that low income Australians will be better off under new legislation which passed the House of Representatives on 5 February. The Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support Bonus) Bill 2012, ...

Over the weekend of 18-21 January, 160 teenagers and youth leaders hit the streets of the Sunshine Coast, performing Timely Acts of Generosity (TAG) – and they are not finished yet, reports Jane Moad. Attendees at the Queensland Uniting Church youth event, Summer Madness, spent an afternoon bringing a smile to people's faces, only asking for one thing in return: ...

I once signed up for an elective called "Radical Discipleship" at a youth camp. It wasn't quite what I expected. I had been a committed Christian for about five years and I was ready to stretch into following Jesus in a more radical way. I thought that radicals were the ones who would turn up at street marches, call the ...

Mosaic Press, 2012 RRP $27.95 Reviewed by Noel Preston THE quest for certainty is seemingly part of the human condition. Of course it is ultimately an illusion — an illusion which reinforces another delusion: the desire to be in control of our lives. However, the reality of life's circumstances eventually overtakes us; not all questions can be answered, the seemingly ...

"WHEN are you going to join the real ministry?" is a question that Dr Sue Fairley has been asked often during more than 45 years of service with the Methodist, and then the Uniting Church. "My answer then, and now, is that I was never called to the ordained ministry. "I always felt strongly connected to lay education, and still ...

FIVE finalists have been announced in a new Wesley Mission Brisbane initiative, Campaign for Change, designed to support those in need through enriching Brisbane communities. The winner, to be announced in February, will receive $30 000 and valuable support and expert mentoring from Wesley Mission Brisbane to establish their own community support program. The other four finalists will each receive ...